Art Schallock, a former Yankee who had been the oldest living retired major leaguer, has died, MLB announced Saturday. Schallock would have turned 101 in April.
Schallock, a lefty, pitched for the Yankees from 1951-55 and earned three World Series rings (and threw two innings of one-run ball in the ’53 Series against the Dodgers).
He roomed with Yogi Berra as a rookie, shared a clubhouse with Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle and Phil Rizzuto and held Ted Williams hitless in a pair of at-bats.
The Mill Valley, Calif., native played his final season with the Orioles and later returned home to the Bay Area.
The Yankees had honored Schallock last April, when he turned 100, and sent him a jersey signed by the team.
Later in the season they welcomed him to Yankee Stadium, where Schallock talked with Aaron Boone and players in the dugout.
